An ericaceous flowering plant in the genus Gaylussacia.
The white-bloomed dark blue edible berry of this plant.
daredevilry
daredevilry
noun
reckless boldness.
dasypodidae
dauntlessly
dauntlessly
adv
In a dauntless manner.
daydreamers
daydreamers
noun
plural of daydreamer
daydreaming
daydreaming
noun
An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie.
verb
present participle of daydream
deacetylate
deacetylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To cause, or to undergo, deacetylation
deadeningly
deadeningly
adv
In a deadening manner.
deafeningly
deafeningly
adv
In a deafening manner.
deathlessly
deathlessly
adv
In a deathless manner.
debatefully
debauchedly
debauchedly
adv
In a debauched manner.
debonairity
debonairity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being debonair; debonair character, graciousness.
decagonally
decagonally
adv
In a decagonal manner.
decahydrate
decahydrate
noun
(chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains ten molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.
decandently
decanically
decayedness
decayedness
noun
The state or quality of being decayed.
decennially
decennially
adv
Every ten years.
declamatory
declamatory
adj
Having the quality of a declamation.
Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.
declaratory
declaratory
adj
Serving to declare or explain
declinatory
declinatory
adj
(law, obsolete or historical) Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
decussately
decussately
adv
In a decussate manner.
dedicatedly
dedicatedly
adv
In a dedicated manner.
degradingly
degradingly
adv
In a degrading manner.
dehortatory
dehortatory
adj
Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade.
dehydratase
dehydratase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of the elements of water from a compound, often leaving a double bond.
dehydrating
dehydrating
verb
present participle of dehydrate
dehydration
dehydration
noun
The act or process of removing water from something.
The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.
dehydrators
dehydrators
noun
plural of dehydrator
deictically
deictically
adv
In a deictic way.
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
deistically
deistically
adv
In a deistic manner.
delineatory
delineatory
adj
That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.
deliveryman
deliveryman
noun
Someone employed to make deliveries.
delphically
delphically
adv
In a Delphic or prophetic manner.
delusionary
delusionary
adj
(psychology) Delusional.
demagoguery
demagoguery
noun
Rhetoric that appeals to the prejudices of the people.
The actions of a demagogue.
demandingly
demandingly
adv
In a demanding way.
demethylate
demethylate
verb
(chemistry) To remove one or more methyl groups from a molecule, especially from a biologically active molecule
demonastery
demonically
demonically
adv
In a demonic way.
demonocracy
demonocracy
noun
A government by or of (supernatural) demons, such as the government which in some mythologies exists in Hell.
Democracy (when regarded as resulting in, or being no better than, government by figurative demons (i.e., evil people), or when otherwise held in contempt).
demonolatry
demonolatry
noun
Worship of demons.
demonomancy
demonomancy
noun
Divination using the aid of demons to reveal information.
demyelinate
demyelinate
verb
(pathology) To remove the myelin sheath from a nerve
denazifying
denazifying
verb
present participle of denazify
dendrocygna
dendrohyrax
dendrolatry
dendrolatry
noun
The worship of trees.
deniability
deniability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is deniable.
(uncountable) The condition of being deniable.
denigratory
denigratory
adj
Tending to denigrate.
denumerably
denumerably
adv
In a denumerable manner
deoxygenate
deoxygenate
verb
(transitive, physiology) To remove dissolved oxygen from (something, such as water or blood).
dependantly
dephycercal
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
deprecatory
deprecatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to avert evil by prayer.
That deprecates; apologetic or disparaging
depredatory
depredatory
adj
Tending or designed to depredate.
dermatocyst
dermatology
dermatology
noun
(medicine) The study of the skin and its diseases.
dermatotomy
dermatrophy
dermatrophy
noun
atrophy (a thinning) of the skin
dermography
dermography
noun
A change in skin coloration in response to an irritating stimulus, such as scratching.
dermoplasty
dermoplasty
noun
(surgery) The use of skin grafts in plastic surgery.
describably
desiccatory
desiccatory
adj
Tending to desiccate.
designatory
designatory
adj
Serving to designate.
desmocytoma
desmography
desmography
noun
The description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligaments
desmomyaria
desperately
desperately
adv
In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.
extremely
destroyable
destroyable
adj
Able to be destroyed.
detainingly
determinacy
determinacy
noun
(mathematics) (game theory) The study of the circumstances under which a game has a winning strategy.
The ability to be completely determined in a definite way; the quality of being determinate.
deuterogamy
deuterogamy
noun
A second marriage, after the death of the first husband or wife; in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law.
deviability
devotionary
diacetylene
diacetylene
noun
(organic chemistry) A highly unsaturated hydrocarbon, HC≡C-C≡CH, the simplest polyyne
(organic chemistry) Any of its derivatives, R₂C≡C-C≡CR₂, used in the manufacture of polydiacetylene
diageotropy
dialectally
dialectally
adv
In a dialectal way.
dialystelic
diametrally
diametrally
adv
In a diametral fashion.
diaphaneity
diaphaneity
noun
(mineralogy) transparency
diapophyses
diapophyses
noun
plural of diapophysis
diathermacy
dicotylidae
dictyotales
dihydrazone
dihydrazone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound containing two hydrazone groups
dilatometry
dilatometry
noun
(physics) The measurement of changes in volume that accompany some other physical phenomenon
dinophyceae
diphycercal
diphycercal
adj
(zoology) Describing a symmetric tail fin in which the vertebral column extends to the tip.
diplomyelia
diplomyelia
noun
A true duplication of the spinal cord in which there are two dural sacs with two pairs of anterior and posterior nerve roots.
dipterygian
disassembly
disassembly
noun
(computing, countable) The code generated by a disassembler.
The process of disassembling.
disavowedly
discernably
discernably
adv
In a way that can be discerned; observably.
discrepancy
discrepancy
noun
An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
The state or quality of being discrepant.
disecondary
disensanity
disensanity
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) insanity; folly
disequality
disequality
noun
(mathematics) inequality, inequation
disparately
disparately
adv
In a disparate manner.
displacency
displacency
noun
(obsolete) Lack of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.
displayable
displayable
adj
Capable of being displayed.
dissyllable
dissyllable
noun
Alternative form of disyllable
disyllabize
disyllables
disyllables
noun
plural of disyllable
docetically
docetically
adv
In a docetic manner; in terms of docetism.
documentary
documentary
adj
(of a film, book etc) Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.
Of, related to, or based on documents.
Which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
noun
A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
dodecaphony
dodecaphony
noun
(music) 12-tone music, a form of composition using all 12 tones of the chromatic scale in such a way that they are "equal", i.e. having no tonic, no dominant, no major or minor keys, and no distinction between harmony and dissonance.
dodecastyle
dodecastyle
adj
(architecture) Having twelve columns in front
noun
(architecture) A portico or building with twelve columns in front.
dodecatylic
doomsdayers
doomsdayers
noun
plural of doomsdayer
doppelmayer
drainageway
drainageway
noun
A route or course along which water moves or may move to drain a region.
dreadlessly
dreadlessly
adv
Without dread; fearlessly.
dreamlessly
dreamlessly
adv
In a dreamless way; without dreams.
dressmakery
dressmakery
noun
dressmaking
duplicately
duplicately
adv
In a duplicate manner
dynamogenic
dynamogenic
adj
(psychology) Characterised by dynamogeny; producing much nervous activity.
dynamometer
dynamometer
noun
Any of various devices used to measure mechanical power, force, or torque.
dynamometry
dynamometry
noun
The measurement of forces doing work.
dynamoneure
dynamophone
dynamoscope
dynamoscope
noun
(historical) A modified stethoscope for auscultation of the muscles.
dysesthesia
dysesthesia
noun
(medicine) A condition caused by lesions of the nervous system that causes abnormal sensations such as burning, wetness, or itching.
dyskinesias
dyskinesias
noun
plural of dyskinesia
dyspareunia
dyspareunia
noun
(medicine) Painful or difficult sexual intercourse, especially in women.
dyspathetic
dyspathetic
adj
Exhibiting dyspathy; averse.
dyspeptical
dyspeptical
adj
(archaic) dyspeptic
dyssynergia
dyssynergia
noun
(physiology) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly
edaphically
edaphically
adv
In terms of soil conditions.
edificatory
edificatory
adj
Tending to edification.
editorially
editorially
adv
In the manner of an editor.
In the manner of an editorial.
educability
educability
noun
(countable) The degree to which someone is educable
(uncountable) The state of being educable
eidetically
eidetically
adv
In an eidetic way.
elucidatory
elucidatory
adj
Serving to elucidate.
embryonated
embryonated
adj
Containing an embryo; having had an embryo develop.
emydosauria
enchytraeid
enchytraeid
noun
(zoology) Any of the microdrile oligochaetes of the family Enchytraeidae, which resemble small earthworms.
endearingly
endearingly
adv
In an endearing manner
endemically
endemically
adv
In an endemic manner.
endocyemate
endosteally
endosteally
adv
In the endosteum.
engrainedly
entangledly
entangledly
adv
In an entangled manner.
enterodynia
enterodynia
noun
(pathology) pain in the intestines
entrancedly
entrancedly
adv
While entranced.
epicondylar
epicondylar
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.